After sitting (okay, so I was exactly just sitting, I was occupied with kissing Remus) through the sorting ceremony, I decided maybe I should listen to the announcements.
"As you might know, we have all different prefects this year. Severus Snape is our new Slytherin prefect." He paused at this to allow for any applause there might be. I couldn't believe that Snape, the mangy, slimey 5th year that never washed his hair was a prefect. Oh well, it's not my house. The announcements continued. "Gryffindor's is Lily Evans." Another pause. This pleased me, Lily was James' girlfriend, and all of Remus' friends were now mine (except Peter). "Hufflepuff's is Amos Diggory." Another pause, and lots of applause from girls everwhere. Must be, like James, a good looking guy that's popular with the girls. I didn't pay attention, because I had Remus. "And last, but not least, Ravenclaw's new prefect is Henry Clearwater." I knew Henry a little bit, he was a perfect looking guy model. Basically, a male version of me, not to be conceited. Suspense filled me, I needed to know who would be head girl. I was pretty sure James would be head boy, he was so good at everything, very unlike a guy. "The head boy, not surprising, is James Potter." Cheering filled the room, and James bowed and bowed and hammed it all up like he won the Olympics or something. Being head boy is supposed to be a responsibilty... "And head girl is Karen Foley." He smiled and our table erupted in cheering, wwe were ecstatic that our Karen was head girl!
"Congratulations, Karen, I knew you'd do it" I said and forced a smile. I was happy for my friend, but I wished I had been recognized as somoething other than just a pretty girl.
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After our final year of fun and fighting and everything else, it was time to say goodbye. The whole school (still into our relationship) was tense. I got asked if Remus had proposed to me about every half hour, and I finally locked myself in Remus' dorm because I couldn't stand it. Remus had not yet proposed, and I was wondering if he even would. I didn't know why he was stalling, he loved me, I loved him, all was well, and he seemed to be wealthy enough to support us. Or, at least, his parents were, and they could help us out if they needed to. Besides, once I was out of school I could model during the school year as well as summer, and earn enough money so that even if he didn't work we could live comfortably. And I knew that no matter what happened, as long as we were together, we would be happy.
Remus burst through the door, hands behind his back. His cheeks were flushing, and he looked more adorable than ever. He looked excited, so much so that I couldn't believe he wasn't squirming. His mouth dropped open but he didn't say anything, then he closed it and made a face to show he was deep in thought. I couldn't help but think it was terribly funny. He suddenly started speaking, first very fast and hardly interpretable but then slower and smoother, and easier to understand.
"Erin, I -- I need to -- I mean I -- you know I love you, and I, well, yeah, um...okay, let me compose myself. I love you, I love you more than anything, and I will always love you. I know you know that already, but I can imagine nothing better than to live with you as my companion as the rest of my life." He got down on his knee at this point and I almost fainted fromexcitement, but I wanted to hear the rest of this, it was sounding really good. "My dear Erin Finnigan, will you...be my wife?"
A/N: I KNOW this is super super super short. I just had to end the chapter here, it sounded so perfect. IT IS NOT THE END OF THE FIC! Keep watching :-P
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